Publications by authors named "Steven Robert Makowka"
Introduction: In this study, new devices were developed and evaluated for cyclic fatigue testing (CTF) of endodontic instruments in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) replicas of the internal anatomy of a mesial root of a mandibular molar.
Methods And Materials: The trajectories of both curved mesial canals of the same root were outlined from computed tomographic scans and exported to a computer assisted drawing (CAD) software. In the CAD program, the canals were virtually enlarged to a size 25/0.